Jar and can opener



Patented Mar; 30,y 1926.

,fUfNuEu STATES' sipitEY o. eowilns, on" .sALisBUnY, l coivnnc'iiCUT.y

*i Application led May 7,

Tol all. wziom may cncemf Beit known that I, SID'NEYO. CowLEs,"a citizenof the United` States, and a resident Vo-f Salisbury, 'in' the county of`Litchfield and State of Connecticut,*haveinvented av new yand Improved:Jarand Can Opener, yof which the following is a specification.

' invention relates to a device employed more ,especially for openingcans having dif ferent forms of closures, Vand .an'obgectofmyinventiom'among others, is to provide av can opener that may be`employed yfor openingj cans of different structures; anda-furtherobject of the invention is to provide' a can opener that shall be simplein construc-` tion, particularly efficient in operation, and one thatmay be produced at afminimum cost.

' One lformoftzan opener embodying my invention and in the 'constructionand'k use of 'which the objects herein set out, as well asV othersfmaybe attained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhichvrFigure `1`is a side view of my improved jar vandjc'anopenervillustrating its mannerV Vthe presenttime Vembodies afglass structure yvwith a Vcover that is held in placerbya clamp,

a 'rubber gasket being placed between ythe cover-'andmouthof the jar.After the contents of'such a jar have been"sealed, the

cover and 'gasket are caused to adhere sol closely to the mouth of thejai as to require considerable force to release the cover. `My improvedjar opener'herenillustrated and described embodies means that areparticula'rly efficient for admitting air underneath the cover to thejar, thereby removing the vacuum and enablingv the cover to be loosened,one of the elements entering into the tool for performing this operationalso-serving a purpose for opening 'cans of other construction. v

In the accompanying drawings the nui l meral 5 indicates the handle ofmy improved tool that is preferably constructed of sheet metal, ofsubstantially oval form,`providing an opening into which a. corkscrew 6maybe folded, the end of the corkscrew being cover of the jar,

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pivotallyfattached to thek side parts SIof fthe handle that "are broughtclose tolg'etherp'at The side parts Sybeyoiid such f 'pivot' arebroughtstillfcloser together anda p this point.

can opener blade `9 isv secured betweenV said side .parts`atfthis*point, and rbeyond Vthisv pointsaid side part-s are closedtogether and firmly `secured as yby riveting.

dicate the common form of blade'hzwingy a point to be forcedthrougli'themetal ofthe cantop and a cutting edge to' cut aslitlin the metal fromthe'point offpie'rvcing.v s

A yventingrblade V1() is pivotally mounted upon a stud 11, this being ascrew stud as The termvv can opener bladeV is employed herein tofinyherein shown, and'this stud also forms'one elementin securing the blade9 to the handle. The venting vblade 10 is offset from the pivot and itsextremeendis also formed as abow 12 to lit the end of the handle v5.This end of the blade 10 is formed into a penetrating edge 13 and isspaced from the `main part of l the blade which adapted, in the use ofthe tool, to `penetrate between thegaslzet 111Y of a cover and the-lip15 formed at the mouth Yopeningof the j alr 16. l

In'the use ofthe tool thusfary vdescribed y the blade 110,'b`yaiswinging movement-in a plane parallelwith the-fplane'ofv the-blade9,is extended as' illustratedin the dotted is'iins'erted between thegasket ltand thel lipV 15, as shown in Figljflhe sharpened edge 17 ofthe blade 9'is placed between the gashet' 14 andthel lip V15 ontheopposite Aside of the jl'rr-coif'erld, as illustrated inVFig.l 1,

and the handle 5 is then swung in the dire'c-v tion indicated by thearrow in Fig.v1. 'This causesthe lsharpened edge 17 of the blade 9andthe'penetrating edge 13 of the blade 10` Ato be forced between thegasketMand t-heA lip 15, thereby providing an opening to ad- Ymit' ofthe entrance of air into the jar, thus eliminating thevacuuinandl'loosening the and enabling it to be readily removed.

The blade 9 is secured the srew stud 11l and also by a rivet 19, the canopener comprising the handle 54 and blade 9 beingy of old and wellknownconstruction except as to theV sharpened edge 17 onthe back of the blade9', vthis tool beingsprovi'ded'wit-h the usual fulcrum lips 20 commonthis class. a

In adapting this tool 4to-my present Vpurpose* I use the blade 9 inconnection with vthe to can openersof l Y e y i LLB blade 10 as apenetrating' tool for glass jars, and the blade 9, when the blade 10 isfolded against th-e handle, may be used in the ordinary manner. Theblade 9 is provided with the usual sharpened front edge 21, termi-`nating ina piercing point 22, and I have provided this blade with thesharpened edge 17 that, in addition to the functions hereinabovedescribed in connection with the bla-de 10, serves a useful purpose inthe opening of ordinary tin cans, as this sharpened edge 17 makes the.operation of cutting out the end of an ordinary tinv can much easierthan is the case with the usual form of can opener of this type as bothedges perform a cutting operation, and the edge 17 does not, therefore,have the resistance to penetration of c the blade that it would have ifit were blunt ory square.

lIn accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes I havedescribed the principles of operation of my invention, together with thedevice which I 'now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof;but I desire to have it undeistood that the device shown is onlyillustrative and that the invention may be carried out by other means cand applied to uses other than those above set out.

I claim-Y 1. A j ar and can'opener comprising,` a handle with acan-opener blade secured thereto, means cooperating with said blade toopen a can by a cutting. operation, Vand a penetrato'r blade extendingfrom said handle and hava penetrating edge spaced from the canopenerblade for the purpose kof receivingthe end of a jar between said blades.

' A jar and can opener comprising a handle Vwith a can-openerbladesecured thereto, means cooperating` with said blade to open a canby a cutting operation, a penetrator blade extending` from said handleand having a sharpened end spaced from the main part of the blade, saidsharpened end being` spaced Vfrom thecan-opener blade to receive ,theend of a yar between them.

3. A jar and can opener comprising a handle with'a'can-opener bladeextending therefrom, means cooperating with said. blade to blade as acanopener, the end of the pene--V trating blade being sharpened andadapted to be spaced from thecan-opener bladerfor the reception of theend of a jar. between said blades in another use of the can-opener bladeas a can opener.v n,

5. A j ar and can opener comprising a handle, a can-opener blade'secured to and proljecting from the handle', said blade having apiercingpoint, and a sharpened edge on both its front and rear edges,and means to cooperate with said blade to force it laterally between thecover and the edge of the mouth of a jar. I

6. A jar and can opener comprising a handle termina-ting in fulcrumlips, a penetrator blade pivotally secured to` the handle Vand having asharpened penetrating end, and a second blade secured Vto, said `handleto lie between said'lips` and said penetrator blade in its extendedposition, said secondblade kcooperating" with said lips and said'pene?trator blade Afor opening' vcans Vby different operations.

7. A j ar and can opener comprising a haning` its end bentv to fit theend of saidhandle to-constitutea portion of a handle in one use of theVdevice as a can opener, said bent end being formed with a penetrating'ledge spaced from the first-mentioned Vbladecfor the purpose ofreceiving the end of a `jar'betw'een said blades, vsaid penetrating'blade having a swinging movement in a plane parallel with the plane ofthe first-mentioned blade. SIDNEY O. GOWLES..

le with a. blade secured thereto, and a penet trator blade extendingtherefrom and hav- 90

